Li Chang'an withdrew his gaze, calmed his mind, and stopped looking at those dazzling Spiritual Medicines gleaming with treasure light.
He entered the Array and bowed to Meng Qingfeng.
"After so many years apart, has senior been well?"
"I've become a Puppet. What is there to call well or unwell?"
Meng Qingfeng shook his head slightly, casually took out Spirit Tea and Spirit Fruit, and gestured for Li Chang'an to sit and talk.
Li Chang'an immediately sat down.
He took out a bottle of Pills and respectfully presented it to Meng Qingfeng.
"Senior, these are a few Pills this junior recently refined. They have a Soul-Nourishing effect. Please examine them."
"You are quite thoughtful."
Meng Qingfeng accepted the Pills, sensed them briefly, and then commented.
"Tier 4 Mid-grade Pills. Their quality surpasses that of ordinary premium-grade Pills. It seems your Alchemy Dao has already touched the threshold of Tier 4 High-grade. This old man did not misjudge you back then—you truly are an Alchemy Dao prodigy."
"It is all thanks to senior's guidance back then."
Li Chang'an smiled, his tone exceedingly humble.
Meng Qingfeng waved a hand. "Your talent is high to begin with; it has little to do with me. If one lacks talent, no amount of teaching will be of use."
With that, he accepted the Jade Bottle, thus accepting Li Chang'an's gesture of goodwill.
This meant that their relationship remained as it had been before. Though they had not met for many years, they had not grown estranged.
Afterward, they discussed cultivation matters, focusing particularly on their Sect affiliations.
Meng Qingfeng said, "I heard that Heavenly Lord Wansen once intended to accept you as a disciple. Why did you refuse?"
Many years ago, he had wanted to introduce a Spirit Transformation cultivator to Li Chang'an as a